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Facing Loss:
Reconstructing Meaning, Reconstructing the Self
A Continuing Professional Education Conference featuring
Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
February 1-3, 2007
Loss is a universal human experience, but relatively few health
professionals have adequate training in understanding and working
with loss. Loss occurs not only in natural disasters or and
situations involving death, but when people go through divorce,
retirement, moving, or other life transitions. In addition, the very
threat or anticipation of possible loss can have a profound impact
on individuals’ well-being and their sense of self and meaning.
This conference is aimed at psychologists, social workers, nurses,
physicians, marriage and family therapists, chaplains, clergy and
others involved in health care or helping professions. Participants
will learn about types of loss, some of the effects of loss, and
ways to help those facing loss.
To register by phone using Visa or MasterCard, call (812) 237-4011
or (800) 234-1639 Monday-Friday from 8:00 am—4:30 pm EST.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 1
Free Public
Talk by Dr. Neimeyer:
Lessons of Loss: Grief and the Quest for Meaning
7:00 pm, Room
DeDe II, Hulman Memorial Student Union—ISU Campus
Friday, February 2
Continuing Professional Education Sessions
Landsbaum Center
for Health Education
10:00 am:
Death, Loss and the Quest for Meaning
Dr.
Robert A. Neimeyer
12:00: Lunch
12:45 pm:
Drawing on Spiritual Resources in Cancer
Care
Dr. Jean
Kristeller
1:45 pm:
Consequences of Loss Following Hurricane
Katrina: Making Meaning in the Wake of
Disaster
Dr. Tom Johnson, Dr. Patrick Bennett
3:00 pm:
From Behaviorism to Constructivism: The
Impact of the Life and Works of Dr. Michael
J. Mahoney
Panel
Discussion
4:30 pm: Wrap Up
Saturday, February 3
Full Day Continuing Professional Education Workshop
Landsbaum Center
for Health Education
8:30
am—4:30 pm
Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss
Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer
Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D.,
is Professor and Director of Psychotherapy in the Department of
Psychology, University of Memphis, where he also maintains an active
clinical practice. Since completing his doctoral training at the
University of Nebraska in 1982, he has published 20 books, including
Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss,
and
Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping,
and serves as Editor of the journal
Death Studies.
The author of nearly 300 articles and book chapters, he is currently
working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a
meaning-making process, both in his published work and through his
frequent professional workshops for national and international
audiences.
Neimeyer
served as a member of the American Psychological Association’s Task
Force on End-of-Life Issues, and Chair of the International Work
Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. In recognition of his
scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty
Award by the University of Memphis, made a Fellow of the Clinical
Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and
given the Research Recognition Award by the Association for Death
Education and Counseling. He is also an outstanding presenter and
his workshops are always well received.
Friday Presenters
Jean Kristeller,
Ph.D., HSPP
The following link
is to Dr. Kristeller's Bio page:
http://www.indstate.edu/psych/102.html
Thomas J.
Johnson, Ph.D., HSPP
Dr. Johnson
obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of
Missouri-Columbia in 1993 and did his Clinical Internship at the
Indiana University Medical Center. He is Professor of Psychology at
Indiana State University and Associate Director of the Center for
the Study of Health, Religion, and Spirituality. His research on
college student alcohol use has been funded by the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. In 2005, Dr. Johnson's
was recognized by Indiana State University with the Theodore Dreiser
Distinguished Research and Creativity Award. Dr. Johnson is a
licensed clinical psychologist and has done clinical work in
Community Mental Health and Correctional Settings. He has been
conducting workshops on
Motivational
Interviewing,
End of Life Issues,
Addiction Treatment, and other topics since 1993. At ISU he teaches
courses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Theories of Addiction,
Treatment of Addiction, and History and Systems of Psychology.
Patrick Bennett,
Ph.D.
Degree:
Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Interests/Specialties: Social Psychology; Psychology
of Religion; Health
Dr. Bennett
received his B.S. in psychology from George Fox University in 1996.
After a few years away from academia, he returned to school and
earned his Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Nevada,
Reno in 2005. Dr. Bennett’s areas of interest include the social
psychology of religion, social psychology of health, self and
identity, statistics, and research methods. His research focuses
primarily on the interface between religion and health, with a
particular emphasis on the impact of prayer about traumatic life
experiences on physical and emotional health outcomes. Dr. P.
Bennett teaches undergraduate courses in statistics and research
methods and he teaches a course on the psychology of religion.
Overview of
Friday Workshops
Friday will begin with an introduction to the meaning reconstruction
model by Dr. Neimeyer. Dr. Jean Kristeller will then describe an
approach that medical staff can use in discussing spiritual concerns
and resources with medical patients. This is approach is unique in
that several studies have documented positive effects on patient
well-being and patient-physician relationship. Dr. Johnson and Dr.
Bennett will present data and offer clinical recommendations on
religious and secular coping strategies that appear to reduce
effects of hurricane related loss. Finally, a panel will discuss the
work of the late Dr. Michael J. Mahoney, especially focusing on its
implications for counseling and psychotherapy.
Overview of
Saturday Workshop
A central
process in grieving entails reconstruction of the bereaved person’s
world of meaning. Participants will explore this perspective
through systematic presentation and "hands on" practice with
meaning-making strategies.
Learning
objectives: The learner
will:
• Criticize
3 deficiencies in traditional theories of grief,
• Summarize
five general propositions of the meaning reconstruction model,
• Utilize
the outline of a meaning reconstruction interview for facilitating
adaptation to loss, and
• Identify
therapeutic strategies compatible with a meaning-making framework.
Educational
outcomes: As a result of
this workshop, the learner will be able to:
• Identify
signs of traumatic disruption in the meaning system of a client,
• Select
appropriate narrative strategies for facilitating adaptation to
grief,
• Make use
of metaphoric listening in grasping the personal meanings of loss,
and
• Conduct a
meaning reconstruction interview.
Registration
Limited seating available, so early registration is recommended.
Registrations will be accepted in the order received. On site
registration will be available if the conference is not full.
Public
Talk Location
The
Public Lecture on Feb. 1, will be held in Room DeDe II in the Hulman
Memorial Student Union (HMSU) on the ISU Campus.
HMSU is located at the corner of 5th and Chestnut.
For information on parking call (812) 237-3818.
Conference
Location
The conference will be held at the Landsbaum Center
at 1433 N. 6 1/2 St. in Terre Haute, IN, a new “state-of-the-art”
facility. A map and driving directions are available at:
http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/Landsbaum/LandsbaumMap.pdf .
Registration Fee
Participants can register for one day (Friday or Saturday) for $40
or both days for $60. The fee covers CE credits, continental
breakfast and lunch. The conference is free to Indiana State University students,
faculty, and staff, and to full time students enrolled at St Mary of
the Woods, Ivy Tech (Terre Haute campus only) and Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology. Students enrolled at other colleges or
universities receive a 50 % discount on the single day or two day
rate. Proof of current enrollment is required.
Continuing
Education
Psychologists:
The Indiana State University Department of Psychology is an approved
provider recognized by the state of Indiana to provide Continuing
Education to Indiana Licensed Psychologists. Six CE credits are available for Friday
and 7 for Saturday.
Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family
Therapists:
We are attempting to arrange to offer Category I Continuing Education
credits for LSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs, and
LMHCs.
Materials
have been submitted to offer CE’s to
Chaplains.
We regret that we were not able to arrange
to offer continuing education credits for physicians or nurses. For
clergy and other professions,
we will provide a Certificate of Attendance.
Keep checking this web-site for updates. Participants must judge the program’s
relevance to their professional practice. Attendance at the entire
session and a completed evaluation form are necessary to receive the
continuing education credit.
Getting to Terre
Haute
Terre Haute is located off of I-70 at the Indiana-Illinois border.
Those traveling by air should fly into the Indianapolis airport.
Terre Haute is approximately one hour from Indianapolis.
To
register by phone using Visa or MasterCard, call (812) 237-4011 or
(800) 234-1639 Monday-Friday from 8:00 am—4:30 pm EST.
  
  
     
       
      
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